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the election. today we will add to that exclusive list, and the senate has a time agreement for a vote on the second district nominee before we adjourn. this afternoon, we're considering the nomination of paul william grimm to be united states district judge for the district of maryland. with his confirmation, the senate will have confirmed 159 of president obama's nominees to the district of circuit courts. during the last presidential election year, -- 2008, that is -- the senate confirmed a total of 28 judges, 24 district and four circuit. this presidential election year, we have exceeded those numbers. we have confirmed five circuit nominees and judge grimm's will be the 32nd district judge confirmed. that is a total of 37 judges this year versus 28 in the last presidential election year. so once again i want to set the record straight and i hope i've done so. republicans have been more than fair to this president and his judicial nominees. i support this nomination and will put the balance of
the election. today we will add to that exclusive list, and the senate has a time agreement for a vote on the second district nominee before we adjourn. this afternoon, we're considering the nomination of paul william grimm to be united states district judge for the district of maryland. with his confirmation, the senate will have confirmed 159 of president obama's nominees to the district of circuit courts. during the last presidential election year, -- 2008, that is -- the senate confirmed a...
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in a way this was a good election for democracy. there were two articulate candidates with good advices and that's a choice. how do we build on this, the one remaining piece is the house your task, i think ahead in 2014 is to put us in a majority in the house. what will it take and what are those seats that can be residing right now? >> we need to do exactly what we have been doing, build off our ground game, our success focus on recruiting top tier candidates. we added eight seats to the house. we have seven to go to take the majority back. typically in the second term, mid material, it's tough for the majority party. we know that because i think we're likely to have the two very contrating directions that republicans and democrats present to the country. i think with the gains with he made with a 12-point gap with women, 74% of the hispanic vote, 71% of the asian american vote you have an opportunity to build off that success. so far it doesn't seem like the republicans get that they were really rejected on the issues by those dem
in a way this was a good election for democracy. there were two articulate candidates with good advices and that's a choice. how do we build on this, the one remaining piece is the house your task, i think ahead in 2014 is to put us in a majority in the house. what will it take and what are those seats that can be residing right now? >> we need to do exactly what we have been doing, build off our ground game, our success focus on recruiting top tier candidates. we added eight seats to the...
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election in the second term presidency. so john boehner is active to be speaker the next four years hopefully this is the beginning of a productive relationship. >> host: you made some news last week -- >> guest: not intentionally. [laughter] >> host: when you said republicans should agree with the president, go ahead and extend the tax cuts for 98% of americans and fight leader on for extending those tax cuts for wealthier americans. given what was put out by speaker boehner yesterday, did that change your position? >> guest: not at all. i think that's the smart thing to do. it's the right thing to do. the two sides agreed that we don't want to raise taxes on 98% of the american people. we should agree to take them out of the line of fire so to speak. i want them to follow the the date. i want them to be engaged in the the date. i think they will come to our side of the date. but if they are worried in the next 30 days their taxes are going to go up, if they don't have a lot of confidence any way, mishandling things, and i
election in the second term presidency. so john boehner is active to be speaker the next four years hopefully this is the beginning of a productive relationship. >> host: you made some news last week -- >> guest: not intentionally. [laughter] >> host: when you said republicans should agree with the president, go ahead and extend the tax cuts for 98% of americans and fight leader on for extending those tax cuts for wealthier americans. given what was put out by speaker boehner...
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the parliamentary election last december and the presidential election in march, which were criticized for their flaws and irregularities by impartial objective international organizations. it can be seen in the recent n.g.o. law passed by the russian legislature which requires any civil society group in russia that receives international funding to register as a -- quote -- "foreign agent." the fast majority of these civil society groups have nothing to do with politics. clearly the intent of this will you law is nothing less than to demonize and marginalize and signa ma ties as treessonnous -- treasonous whatever civil society organizations that still remain in russia. the culture of impunity in russia can also be seen in the government's new and growing interpretation of its law against extremism. a law that may once have been designed to address real concerns with terrorism and violent extremism is now being broadened to put pressure on civil society groups and religious minority groups even including the jehovah's witnesses. a russian court went so far as to classify as an extremi
the parliamentary election last december and the presidential election in march, which were criticized for their flaws and irregularities by impartial objective international organizations. it can be seen in the recent n.g.o. law passed by the russian legislature which requires any civil society group in russia that receives international funding to register as a -- quote -- "foreign agent." the fast majority of these civil society groups have nothing to do with politics. clearly the...
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following the election. that year following president bush's re-election, 23 judicial nominations that were pending either on the senate executive calendar or on the judiciary committee were returned to the president when the congress adjourned in december. today's vote, the second post-election judicial confirmation, is somewhat of a milestone for president obama. it is the 100th judicial confirmation during this congress. that happens to be the same number of confirmations during president bush's first term when the democrats controlled the senate and shared the judiciary committee. i have heard the chairman rightfully take pride in that accomplishment. today we match that record, so i think that the continued complaints we hear about how unfairly this president has been treated are, in fact, unfounded. despite our cooperations, we continue to hear the other side argue that since the president won re-election, we shouldn't follow past practices, but rather we should confirm a large number of nominations du
following the election. that year following president bush's re-election, 23 judicial nominations that were pending either on the senate executive calendar or on the judiciary committee were returned to the president when the congress adjourned in december. today's vote, the second post-election judicial confirmation, is somewhat of a milestone for president obama. it is the 100th judicial confirmation during this congress. that happens to be the same number of confirmations during president...
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with sweep the election and gain control of the entire legislative branch of government in one election. here we see how the senate was specifically designed to prevent the tyranny of the majority. in federalist papers 66, madison, the father of the constitution, continues his explanation of the unique role of the senate, the unique role of the senate. quote -- "there are particular moments in public affairs when the people, stimulated by some irregular passion or some illicit advantage or misled by the miss representation of interest in men may call for measures which they themselves will afterwards be the most ready to lament and condemn. in these critical moments, house salutary will be the interfere ebbs of some temperate and respected body of citizens in order to check the misguided career and to suspend the blows meditated by the people against themselves until reason, justice and truth can regain their authority over the public mind." end of quote. now, i want you to contrast these quotes from madison and his role as the father of our constitution, says the constitution is intend
with sweep the election and gain control of the entire legislative branch of government in one election. here we see how the senate was specifically designed to prevent the tyranny of the majority. in federalist papers 66, madison, the father of the constitution, continues his explanation of the unique role of the senate, the unique role of the senate. quote -- "there are particular moments in public affairs when the people, stimulated by some irregular passion or some illicit advantage or...
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supervisors of course, the audience, and theas leadership here at the board, after a very important election. and the results that have moved our city forward in the right direction, from the payroll tax reform to housing, to taking care of our parks. i appreciate your advocacy and your commitment to san francisco. because of our collective efforts, san francisco voters were able to make a very thoughtful choices at the ballot box this past couple of weeks, that have helped fund infrastructure, move to job creating tax policy, and invest in critical housing needs in our city. collectively helping san francisco families and businesses. with that i'd like to take your two questions, supervisors. thank you. >> president chiu: thank you. our first question will be provided by our district 6 colleague, supervisor kim. >> supervisor kim: thank you and congratulations on your leadership on the propositions we passed a through e. in our district we've gotten many e-mails and questions about this but something that hasa uát up with our resident what are current procedures for recouping cost for stre
supervisors of course, the audience, and theas leadership here at the board, after a very important election. and the results that have moved our city forward in the right direction, from the payroll tax reform to housing, to taking care of our parks. i appreciate your advocacy and your commitment to san francisco. because of our collective efforts, san francisco voters were able to make a very thoughtful choices at the ballot box this past couple of weeks, that have helped fund...
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what i have to say to the newly elected individuals, i want to leave one term to you, disposition agreement. i hope this new commission initiative coalition of individuals will not be guilty of producing documents that are unenforcible or null and void. it's called land disposition agreement and if any of the newly informed, newly appointed individuals would like to see one of those, i will be happy to show that to them. so may i say, too, that a land disposition agreement that is not enforced negatively impacts upon the generation and the community and that is perpetual. thank you. >> thank you, miss franklin. again, if you would like to speak on this item please line up on this side of the room. >> rules committee, go, go into a soma, going to a soma, don't you know that we want to feel (singing) going to a soma, going to a soma, that we want feel, you'll make the funds grow. you'll make the (inaudible) going to the soma, give it a go-go. (applause). >> thank you. miss jackson. >> dr. espinola jackson, bayview hunter's point. a lot of statements have been made today. what i would really l
what i have to say to the newly elected individuals, i want to leave one term to you, disposition agreement. i hope this new commission initiative coalition of individuals will not be guilty of producing documents that are unenforcible or null and void. it's called land disposition agreement and if any of the newly informed, newly appointed individuals would like to see one of those, i will be happy to show that to them. so may i say, too, that a land disposition agreement that is not enforced...
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is this another impact of the election? another consequence of the election? >> yeah, i'd love to know what his republican colleagues are saying behind closed doors. from my perch, you know, this is a guy who played a significant role in costing the gop about a half-dozen seats that they otherwise would have won. look at what happened in i understand. look at what happened in delaware where the mindset of senator demint seems to be one of, let's win the battle, even if we're going to lose the war. they've lost about a half-dozen wars because they put forth names that could win a primary but could never win a general election. my hunch, tamron, is politically some of the republicans are not all that sad to see him go. >> real quick to your point about the win/lose. he supported 20 candidates, 15 won primaries, 7 won general elections. in his reaction mitch mcconnell said that demint helped galvanize the american people against a big government agenda. that's at least what senator mcconnell sees there. >> yeah, right. the fact is his record was not good, and loo
is this another impact of the election? another consequence of the election? >> yeah, i'd love to know what his republican colleagues are saying behind closed doors. from my perch, you know, this is a guy who played a significant role in costing the gop about a half-dozen seats that they otherwise would have won. look at what happened in i understand. look at what happened in delaware where the mindset of senator demint seems to be one of, let's win the battle, even if we're going to lose...
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and that was before this last election cycle, when in election after election we saw super pacs funneling vast fortunes into primaries for the presidency, into senate races, into house races, funneling them in with nobody knowing where the money came from. now, some of the contributors of those super pacs they did disclose that they contributed to the super pac. they bragged about it. but when the money went from the supesuper pac to the state, noby knew where the money came from. so it was an tac by vast pools of dark moafnlt i tell you this, if we had had the talking filibuster and fecks had had to rise up -- and folks had had to rise up on this floor and defend these donations, then we would have gotten the 60th vote and we would have a much better system today. or how about pay equity for women? how about pay equity? i think we would have had the public weigh in, if they could have seen it was being torpedoed by the silent, hidden filibuster. now, there are folks -- i've heard them over the last few weeks -- say, oh, this strategy of asking people to talk is a way to suppress the view
and that was before this last election cycle, when in election after election we saw super pacs funneling vast fortunes into primaries for the presidency, into senate races, into house races, funneling them in with nobody knowing where the money came from. now, some of the contributors of those super pacs they did disclose that they contributed to the super pac. they bragged about it. but when the money went from the supesuper pac to the state, noby knew where the money came from. so it was an...
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much more beyond being an elected office, having some sort of title. i think the title he cared most about was father, grandfather, brother, cousin. his family was so absolutely important to him. i read through his obituary, and it reminds me to some extent of how i felt after i wrote and read my father's own obituary in but it doesn't come close to really saying who this man was. mike gave his entire life to his brother and sister, both as family, but also when i say that i mean collectively, his entire society. truly someone who will be missed dearly. his wife of 45 years, kathleen, his three children, one of whom is a member of our own police department, lt. mike nevin. a great man who leaves a great legacy, not just in san mateo county but throughout the region. i know i can say it on behalf of everyone here, his family is.ln sent our deepest condolences. >> presidencondolences if we could -- >> president chiu: if we could adjourn as a board for mike nevin and kay gulbengay. >> clerk calvillo: supervisor campos. >> supervisor campos: thank you, su
much more beyond being an elected office, having some sort of title. i think the title he cared most about was father, grandfather, brother, cousin. his family was so absolutely important to him. i read through his obituary, and it reminds me to some extent of how i felt after i wrote and read my father's own obituary in but it doesn't come close to really saying who this man was. mike gave his entire life to his brother and sister, both as family, but also when i say that i mean collectively,...
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. >> and the establishment folks, wrongly and repeatedly attacking a young are black woman after an election in which blacks and women went strongly blue. >> are any in the media concerned how this looks? >> my hope is to get this done before christmas. >> jon: president obama talking stuff and standing his ground as america approaches a fiscal cliff, and the immediate y media in his corn again. >> the new york times gets caught 40 questionable items about the conflicts in the middle east. and a british judge releases his report on the phone hacking scandal in the country and how did the media here react. and jay leno sees the light. >> this is very dangerous for the white house if they should start asking real questions. >> jon: on the panel this week, writer and fox news contributor judy miller. syndicated columnist, cal thomas. jim pinkerton, contributor. and kirsten powers. >> jon: i'm jon scott, fox news watch is on right now. ambassador susan rice asked for a face-to-face meeting with some of her most focal critics to make things better. the meeting took place and appears to have made
. >> and the establishment folks, wrongly and repeatedly attacking a young are black woman after an election in which blacks and women went strongly blue. >> are any in the media concerned how this looks? >> my hope is to get this done before christmas. >> jon: president obama talking stuff and standing his ground as america approaches a fiscal cliff, and the immediate y media in his corn again. >> the new york times gets caught 40 questionable items about the...
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as a republican against president obama in this past election election. and it's all on tape. this is se lashs almost to the point. we're talking about general petraeus. long-time republican, possible contender, the man who just resigned from running the cia in a sex scandal we still don't understand. here he is on tape talking about how he will have the fox news chairman run his campaign and the owner of fox news will bankroll his campaign and he raises the issue of his wife. there's a certain level of interest in this new tape because of who is on it. beyond that, there's the media factor. here's the fox news channel trying to recruit a presidential candidate for the republican party. the fox news chairman telling bob woodward once he was reporting on this, "i thought the republican field in the primaries needed to be shaken up and petraeus might be a good candidate." he said that on the record. after being caught doing it on tape. which means the fox news channel seriously is not like anything news. they officially are just a media arm of the republican party. they are a po
as a republican against president obama in this past election election. and it's all on tape. this is se lashs almost to the point. we're talking about general petraeus. long-time republican, possible contender, the man who just resigned from running the cia in a sex scandal we still don't understand. here he is on tape talking about how he will have the fox news chairman run his campaign and the owner of fox news will bankroll his campaign and he raises the issue of his wife. there's a certain...
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after the election, which his party lost, he's now offering post-election this much new revenue. so his offer since losing the election got worse. that new offer came in a new outline of proposals that the republicans sent to the president in a letter yesterday. it's a plan that they describe in their letter as "a fair middle ground." here's what they consider a fair middle ground. we did this in chart form today. because it turns out it's really simple. and looking at it this way makes it simple. here's what they are offering. on the side of what the republicans get, the republicans get the tax rates they want, the medicare cuts they want, the trillion dollars in spending cuts president obama agreed to, hundreds of billions in additional cuts, ending the payroll tax break, ending jobless benefits and they get the opportunity to create a new debt ceiling crisis in a few months. that's on the republican side, what the republicans get in their proposal. what do the democrats get in their proposal? they get this. a promise to end undefined tax deductions and loopholes of some kind a
after the election, which his party lost, he's now offering post-election this much new revenue. so his offer since losing the election got worse. that new offer came in a new outline of proposals that the republicans sent to the president in a letter yesterday. it's a plan that they describe in their letter as "a fair middle ground." here's what they consider a fair middle ground. we did this in chart form today. because it turns out it's really simple. and looking at it this way...
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but our candidate wound up winning elections. >> that's terrific. >> well, yes, he got elected but the results for the country were awful. >> what does this bolivian guy know about bolivia? >> listen, it's very complicated there and unfortunately after he was elected there was insurrection in the streets. riots and ultimately he was forced to resign. >> american style democracy undone by the will of the local people. (sighs) >> it was a very difficult situation. >> how did you pick yourself up? >> i went on to the next campaign. >> god bless you, sir. and their perseverance is rivaled only by their generosity. >> it's been great to travel to these places, to work with people. >> and to do all this without getting paid is just incredible. >> well, i get paid for it. >> yes, but less than you do here. >> i sometimes get paid less and sometimes i get paid more. >> well, financial compensation doesn't diminish the volunteer spirit. >> well, it's someone who enjoys the work and is happy to have the opportunity to do it. >> a hero. >> i'll just - political consultant is good enough for me. >
but our candidate wound up winning elections. >> that's terrific. >> well, yes, he got elected but the results for the country were awful. >> what does this bolivian guy know about bolivia? >> listen, it's very complicated there and unfortunately after he was elected there was insurrection in the streets. riots and ultimately he was forced to resign. >> american style democracy undone by the will of the local people. (sighs) >> it was a very difficult...
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the midterm election. hopefully this is the beginning of a good productive legislation's been iq made headlines to say go-ahead extend the tax cuts and later fight to extend for wealthier americans. does that change your position? >> what is the right thing to do but the two sides agreed they don't to raise taxes on 98% we should agree to take them out of the line of fire. awac surely come to our side but if they are worried politicians that they don't have confidence that is what they will focus on and this is a democratic point* of leverage. so let's take it off the table. and it is not contradiction it is sensible i hope you will do it. >>host: how many people agree? >> i have no idea. the whole idea came before thanksgiving to have the deputy whip meeting with my friend mccarthy to solicit opinions. then we have a larger discussion with the entire team and you guys are pretty smart it was leaked then is a sensation with a tactical question and the right thing to do. >>host: have you spoken with speaker
the midterm election. hopefully this is the beginning of a good productive legislation's been iq made headlines to say go-ahead extend the tax cuts and later fight to extend for wealthier americans. does that change your position? >> what is the right thing to do but the two sides agreed they don't to raise taxes on 98% we should agree to take them out of the line of fire. awac surely come to our side but if they are worried politicians that they don't have confidence that is what they...
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i am frustrated the rnc did not launch it before the election. they claim they did not have funding for it. which boggles the mind when you think of the rnc. they raised a lot of money. i think if they had launched it, it could have put activities behind it. it could have had meaningful impact. the decision was made not to. that speaks to what i was talking about earlier. we cannot give lip service to, we are the party of inclusion. we mean it. we really do. it was an epic fail 2012 in my opinion. >> let's watch and get your reaction. [video clip] >> there are all types of proposals. that is what we need right now. if we had some more targeted solutions, we would move down the road. it has been really hard to get anything accomplished. >> that was back in april, 2012. what do you think? would you have been behind the president's jobs bill? >> i would not. i think it is a bunch of poppycock. the president wanted $400 billion more funding from congress to support his jobs bill, which was going to create jobs for what i would consider his winners an
i am frustrated the rnc did not launch it before the election. they claim they did not have funding for it. which boggles the mind when you think of the rnc. they raised a lot of money. i think if they had launched it, it could have put activities behind it. it could have had meaningful impact. the decision was made not to. that speaks to what i was talking about earlier. we cannot give lip service to, we are the party of inclusion. we mean it. we really do. it was an epic fail 2012 in my...
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any time you lose an election or the national party loses an election, we say what are we going to do to change? as a party we've got to actually talk about what we believe in in a way the people actually want to listen and hear it. as opposed to being the party of angry people. i think the last election it seemed like most republicans were just mad about being conservative. there was no positive message about what that meant for hispanics or what that meant for the people that were unemployed. it was just we seemed to be this poster boy of angry. i think as we kind of move forward and we talk about who the next leader is, i think that leader's going to be emerged as somebody that can talk about a positive message of what conservative values mean to this country. >> monday morning power panel. chip saltsman, jaime harrison, and carrie brown. >>> the big buzz. in hillary land and beyond. would she be unbeatable in 2016? would there be stumbling blocks on her potential road to the white house? jody cantor joins me next. >>> plus, two deejays lose their show after their hoax on the hospi
any time you lose an election or the national party loses an election, we say what are we going to do to change? as a party we've got to actually talk about what we believe in in a way the people actually want to listen and hear it. as opposed to being the party of angry people. i think the last election it seemed like most republicans were just mad about being conservative. there was no positive message about what that meant for hispanics or what that meant for the people that were unemployed....
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you wait until after the election. and by the way, if you knew nothing about benghazi, why didn't hillary do the shows? she was in town. but then again, maybe i protest too much. she did take full responsibility. >> well, i'm responsible for the state department for the more than 60,000 people around the world. >> if senator mccain and senator graham and others want to go after somebody, they should go after me. >> it's great to take full responsibility and f not hide behindnd ones race or gender. it's g not so hard to do. people will actually respect you for your competence and your honesty, and it's even easy to do in high heels. >>> now here's fox news chief intelligence correspondent kathrycatherine herridge with te latest on the susan rice situation. >> a leading republican in the senate said rice had access to classified information including the president's daily brief. drawing from the 16 intelligence agencies, the top secret document included compelling evidence of terrorist involvement. >> she had access to t
you wait until after the election. and by the way, if you knew nothing about benghazi, why didn't hillary do the shows? she was in town. but then again, maybe i protest too much. she did take full responsibility. >> well, i'm responsible for the state department for the more than 60,000 people around the world. >> if senator mccain and senator graham and others want to go after somebody, they should go after me. >> it's great to take full responsibility and f not hide behindnd...
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this is a device i have issue after the election. we had a ballot proposal that brought up a lot of labor issues. this is one that continued. it's a device i have issue. it's my position let's take leadership and address it in a positive way to starched up for the worker and be preworker and let's move forward, get it behind us and continue the reinvention of michigan about more and better jobs and a future for our kids. >> in terms. reinventing michigan, let me just zero in on one city in your state, detroit, 18.9% unemployment which is absolutely deplorable for the people of detroit. what do you intend to do or what can you do? what can the state do to try to help the city? one city council men last night said as a quid pro quo she wants the president to bail them out. what do you plan to do about detroit? >> we are going to continue working with the city. we did a consent agreement with them earlier this year that called for a number of actions to happen because we do need better services for the citizens of detroit. they deserve
this is a device i have issue after the election. we had a ballot proposal that brought up a lot of labor issues. this is one that continued. it's a device i have issue. it's my position let's take leadership and address it in a positive way to starched up for the worker and be preworker and let's move forward, get it behind us and continue the reinvention of michigan about more and better jobs and a future for our kids. >> in terms. reinventing michigan, let me just zero in on one city...
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that was before the election. and i just holding the ground is going to be important, no question about that. i get a sense the democrats are unified. but going over the cliff, that affects the constituents big time. correct? >> how do you hold that together? >> there's unanimity that july 25th, we passed tax cuts for the 98% to continue this tax policy that they get an average tax cut meaning if it expires, their taxes go up. republicans know that. republicans know if they don't do it by january 1st, we're going to keep passing tax cuts for the middle class. if they keep saying no, eventually they won't because the public pressure will be on them they need to step up. they have to quit protecting. they do everything in the name of the wealthy. >> okay. sherrod brown, stay with us. i appreciate it. >>> it looks like senator-elect elizabeth warren, a champion of financial reform, will get a spot on the banking committee. >>> and senator john mccain hints he might favor filibuster reform. debbie stabenow is here on
that was before the election. and i just holding the ground is going to be important, no question about that. i get a sense the democrats are unified. but going over the cliff, that affects the constituents big time. correct? >> how do you hold that together? >> there's unanimity that july 25th, we passed tax cuts for the 98% to continue this tax policy that they get an average tax cut meaning if it expires, their taxes go up. republicans know that. republicans know if they don't do...
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. >> it is by the end of this week and here is why, the republicans came out right after the election and said to the president, you want revenue here. you want revenue on the wealthy, we'll give it to you, limiting tax deductions for the wealthy. the president instead of taking that and running with tceiling a deal has been campaigning for tax hikes and to cap it off sent treasury secretary tim geithner to congress with this outrageous proposal as basically a compilation of everything that the president wanted in his budget and beyond what he even campaigned for. as a result i think most republicans wonder how serious he is about doing this. they feel things are going backward. >> paul: yeah, that, that's the way it sounds to me, too, i talked to some senior republicans this week and they're increasingly of the belief that maybe the president wants to back them into a corner, that could push them over the cliff and then be able to blame them if you have a recession or for taxes going up on everybody. >> well, i don't doubt that's what he's trying to do. it's hard to see where the ups
. >> it is by the end of this week and here is why, the republicans came out right after the election and said to the president, you want revenue here. you want revenue on the wealthy, we'll give it to you, limiting tax deductions for the wealthy. the president instead of taking that and running with tceiling a deal has been campaigning for tax hikes and to cap it off sent treasury secretary tim geithner to congress with this outrageous proposal as basically a compilation of everything...
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and when they were elected she didn't speak out afterwards. even if she wants to say i didn't realize the election was coming up, or it came out of the blue, once they were eye selected there was no condemnation from rice, i've been at the u.n. and if you go there and want to be liked, you're not going to be very effective. i wrote this piece that shared 30 points why susan rice should not get a promotion, and all has to deal with things that happened before benghazi. so, there's a plethora of evidence out there that every single time a controversial issue came up, that she was nowhere to be found0. en iran, she waited 17 months before she tried to offer any resolution. the draft resolution put forward by the united states was actually taken out of her hands. the state department secretary clinton let somebody else negotiate it. we have not seen another resolution in 30 months. so she has passed one resolution, and with that one resolution she lost more support than all of the previous five resolutions combined. >> you know what's interesting,
and when they were elected she didn't speak out afterwards. even if she wants to say i didn't realize the election was coming up, or it came out of the blue, once they were eye selected there was no condemnation from rice, i've been at the u.n. and if you go there and want to be liked, you're not going to be very effective. i wrote this piece that shared 30 points why susan rice should not get a promotion, and all has to deal with things that happened before benghazi. so, there's a plethora of...
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spoken to the elected officials and city managers. there ready to go. all we need is funding. already authorized. and there are other projects as well. cells are s.i. and rockaway. so this concept referred to accelerate to construction is what new york news now. we estimate the amount of money is about $502 billion for these seven projects. no red tape, no study. it has been studied. community support in every one of them. we will put that in the supplemental bill, but obviously her committee will review. why do we needed now? because in some of our most badly damaged areas, south shore, s.i., because suffolk county, you have no protection. a minor storm could come flood again. we have to move quickly. in some cases they wanted to build seawalls, some rock armor, some defense systems. along the coast like bees as s.i. where search is over 10 feet came in. and in other coastal areas, coney island, rockaways, some of the projects were partially built but then there was no funding, and that ended. now, here is the good news. we know from sandy that many places that had engineerin
spoken to the elected officials and city managers. there ready to go. all we need is funding. already authorized. and there are other projects as well. cells are s.i. and rockaway. so this concept referred to accelerate to construction is what new york news now. we estimate the amount of money is about $502 billion for these seven projects. no red tape, no study. it has been studied. community support in every one of them. we will put that in the supplemental bill, but obviously her committee...
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elections. >> good morning everyone. thank you, bob, for that introduction and thank you all of you for coming out early this morning for what i think will be a lively debate. we are going to be asking the question if democracy is to triumph in the middle east, victories at the ballot box are inavoidable and essential. this is the motion we will be debating in the intelligence-squared format per requests from our panelists who have done this once already -- they have had a practice round. they have not had a chance of doing this, but i suspect, had probably had several scotches and talked about ways to defeat their foes. we know that this is a time of revolution in the middle east. it started with a fruit sell seller in tunisia and toppled a 230-year dictator that spread to egypt and the egyptian revolution was concern to the united states. egypt has long held incredible importance to u.s. policy in the middle east. the u.s. reaction to that revolution was unclear. there were some that said this
elections. >> good morning everyone. thank you, bob, for that introduction and thank you all of you for coming out early this morning for what i think will be a lively debate. we are going to be asking the question if democracy is to triumph in the middle east, victories at the ballot box are inavoidable and essential. this is the motion we will be debating in the intelligence-squared format per requests from our panelists who have done this once already -- they have had a practice round....
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he had emerged from the 1992 provincial election with integrity. he had a certain brand of charisma. who would be the charismatic republican co-head of this activity? my wife is a yellow dog democrat. i had trouble saying that. she was not very helpful. to her, a charismatic republican is almost an oxymoron. she said, the one that came on the show one night, we noticed that a senator of new hampshire was being interviewed. man, he was something. he was serious, but not somber. he knew the facts of our budget reality and spoke of them with a clarity and a passion. what struck me was how much he cared. he was not just saying the words, but he meant them. my wife said, there is your man. was she ever right. i asked if he would join this effort, and without a pause, he said, yes. not only was the concorde coalition born, but also it was the beginning of my very special lifetime relationship. he did everything he said he would. if he said he was going to lend his word, he would lend it. he was, in my view, the dearest and bestest of friends. indeed, i c
he had emerged from the 1992 provincial election with integrity. he had a certain brand of charisma. who would be the charismatic republican co-head of this activity? my wife is a yellow dog democrat. i had trouble saying that. she was not very helpful. to her, a charismatic republican is almost an oxymoron. she said, the one that came on the show one night, we noticed that a senator of new hampshire was being interviewed. man, he was something. he was serious, but not somber. he knew the facts...
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in safe seats so the crucial election is not the general election, it's the primary election, and as we know in primaries, there's low participation which gives a hugely disproportionate power to the rigid ideologues, the extremes on both sides. that makes it very difficult. second is the overwhelming amount of money, of all of the judicial mistakes that have been made in history by supreme courts, few in my judgment will history record as being more unwise and wrong than the supreme court decision in the citizens united case, which took a situation already reeking with too much money and just poured tons of it, more into it. so for members now, it's just a mad money chase all the time, which i think is demeaning to everybody and very, very unfortunate. so it's a combination of factors. many others, but those are some of them. >> so look, you've helped negotiate peace in northern ireland. you worked on peace in the middle east. how does the problem here get fixed? >> well, i think in the end, in democracies it's fixed only by the people. the word democracy is a combination of two gre
in safe seats so the crucial election is not the general election, it's the primary election, and as we know in primaries, there's low participation which gives a hugely disproportionate power to the rigid ideologues, the extremes on both sides. that makes it very difficult. second is the overwhelming amount of money, of all of the judicial mistakes that have been made in history by supreme courts, few in my judgment will history record as being more unwise and wrong than the supreme court...
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it is a massive totalitarian state, grabbing power, and it gives its parliament elections but in power, and it does not like disagreement and it is against opposition, and, in fact, there are move moves afoot to stay any speaking against the european is a legal on fence and it is founded upon deceit and corruption. why did the european union need 2,000 secret bank accounts if it wasn't bribing politicians all over the place? grabbing totalitarian similar to the soviet union but the neighbors now are frighten and norway has given it a totally undeserved peace prize which is staggering. >>neil: staggering to me as well, the former u.k. parliament member. he calls it like he sees them. and now some american folly pointing fingers this washington over a deal that is not happening and angry republicans have had it with their own leader and are more than just rumbleing. >>neil: and now, they fear they did not get that much done at the meeting, and we are working on getting president obama and speaker boehner to sit down and hash it out. and now time for a friendly super hero to get moving. >
it is a massive totalitarian state, grabbing power, and it gives its parliament elections but in power, and it does not like disagreement and it is against opposition, and, in fact, there are move moves afoot to stay any speaking against the european is a legal on fence and it is founded upon deceit and corruption. why did the european union need 2,000 secret bank accounts if it wasn't bribing politicians all over the place? grabbing totalitarian similar to the soviet union but the neighbors...
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to cancel employees to to get jobs once he was elected he he to. funding away from those programs. and you're absolutely right stephen i appreciate pointed out in fact that was just one little piece of it ronald reagan was the first president in the history of the united states to appoint as director of the labor department a man who was hostile to labor and he set a precedent for every republican administration that followed and it's one of the reasons why the middle class has been so taken apart since robin in is a potage oklahoman life and that right. ok great thank you for calling thank you thanks for watching and you want to talk about job outsourcing you know why can't they tax those people for taking the jobs we've lost i don't know how many jobs here. when it's dark you know for space. and. their service jobs their minimum wage. how can you support a restaurant that nobody can make enough money to go buy the stuff to to it you're absolutely right robin thank you for raising that issue i very much appreciate your calling and raising it here's the deal. when nancy pelosi was
to cancel employees to to get jobs once he was elected he he to. funding away from those programs. and you're absolutely right stephen i appreciate pointed out in fact that was just one little piece of it ronald reagan was the first president in the history of the united states to appoint as director of the labor department a man who was hostile to labor and he set a precedent for every republican administration that followed and it's one of the reasons why the middle class has been so taken...
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failed them in this last election. they want to pivot and make a rebrand of the republican party. those are the folks that are the deciding votes in the republican caucus, enough to combine with democrats who shorten that margin in the house to get something passed. >> an interesting note, erin. congresswoman bass mentioned another possible strategy from democra democrats. earlier told nancy pelosi tsd if speaker boehner refuses to schedule this for a vote, democrats will introduce a discharge petition it to automatically bring to the floor the senate-passed middle class tax cut. even though congresswoman bass and others have expressed opt mit optimism, when you put them in a corner, there's not a guarantee a deal will be made in the time period needed. >> that's right. something like that would certainly fail in the house because, of course, there is a republican majority there. they would pick off some republicans. i don't think you would get enough for something like that to pass. i just spoke to some democratic aid
failed them in this last election. they want to pivot and make a rebrand of the republican party. those are the folks that are the deciding votes in the republican caucus, enough to combine with democrats who shorten that margin in the house to get something passed. >> an interesting note, erin. congresswoman bass mentioned another possible strategy from democra democrats. earlier told nancy pelosi tsd if speaker boehner refuses to schedule this for a vote, democrats will introduce a...
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began just prior to the election were things to pick up a bit. americans are optimistic than they have been years about the direction of the country. this takes us back to about our public opinion was in july 2009. they continued as joe mentioned, very strong belief that americans will overcome the countrcountry significant challs because the one of these hallmarks our survey but i remember in the gaps of the economic crisis, financial crisis 2009 when people were saying that some of our participants in meetings where we were showing our data were wondering how could they possibly have that optimism. basically this is been actinic that we have found through out people's confidence in themselves, be able to navigate during this difficult times. there are conflicting, let me first, this desire for compromise. both sides, republican, democrat, independent, those who voted for president obama, those who voted for governor romney want to see compromise. what they define as an acceptable compromise is very different of this notion they want to see thei
began just prior to the election were things to pick up a bit. americans are optimistic than they have been years about the direction of the country. this takes us back to about our public opinion was in july 2009. they continued as joe mentioned, very strong belief that americans will overcome the countrcountry significant challs because the one of these hallmarks our survey but i remember in the gaps of the economic crisis, financial crisis 2009 when people were saying that some of our...
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will he put that on his posters for the next general election? >> i think he was describing a situation in wheals where labor put in place an 8% cut. let me tell you what is happening in the n.h.s. we have 1,300 extra clinical staff. we have taken down the number of managers, the cancer drugs fund is making sure many more people get access to drugs, waiting time is down, people waiting a long time is down, the number of people waiting longer than 52 weeks to start treatment is at the lowest levels. this gentleman should be supporting this government and tell his front bench to stop cutting the n.h.s. >> does my friend recall receiving a visit from the pupils of the special schools. whose school is nicknamed shed city. does he share my delight that the council has allocated 8.4 million pounds to the build a new school. may i thank him for that support of that campaign. >> i'm grateful for his question. i'm a big supporter britain's special schools. sometimes they have acute needs and i'm proud that this government has invested in special schools.
will he put that on his posters for the next general election? >> i think he was describing a situation in wheals where labor put in place an 8% cut. let me tell you what is happening in the n.h.s. we have 1,300 extra clinical staff. we have taken down the number of managers, the cancer drugs fund is making sure many more people get access to drugs, waiting time is down, people waiting a long time is down, the number of people waiting longer than 52 weeks to start treatment is at the...
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who was the first person after the election was the speaker who went down and provided the re-knew. >> they blasted the proposal to limit deductions to tell bloomberg television it's unrealistic. >> that means every hospital and university and non-for profit, the agency. across the country would find themselves on the verge of collapse. >> they had a different view when he proposed to limit not eliminate charitable deduction for wealthy to pay for healthcare reform. >> there is very little evidence that has impact on the charitable giving. >> he continues to make the case. they have anchors an pundit, a visit from the primetime line-up, including rachel maddow, ed shorts and adrianna huffington. they talk about the importance of preserving the middle class tax cut. >> bret: not every democrat on board with president obama proposal. emanuel has that story. >> democrats won't agree to it. obama wouldn't sign a bill. >> they blast the house republican plan it's not likely that president obama will get to sign his own fiscal cliff plan since the republicans and democrats don't like it. th
who was the first person after the election was the speaker who went down and provided the re-knew. >> they blasted the proposal to limit deductions to tell bloomberg television it's unrealistic. >> that means every hospital and university and non-for profit, the agency. across the country would find themselves on the verge of collapse. >> they had a different view when he proposed to limit not eliminate charitable deduction for wealthy to pay for healthcare reform. >>...
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well some of us knew better than you can there's no messiah going to get elected by this system and deliver hope and change we can believe in so how will the occupy movement that has wisely stayed away from promoting political parties or individual politicians navigate the minefield of the potentially co-opting force that is the presidential election cycle now this year is just going to be nuts we've never seen this much money spent on a political process in the history of the world. and this comes at a time for a movement that is determinately to. this mad influx of money and politics so it's going to be a really scary contrast and the challenge of this movement is to create a counter narrative is to show that the justice of its cause is more interesting than anything these candidates can put on television i mentioned at the beginning that this movie is an invitation for you to join the arctic. but there are no membership dues no papers to cite all that is required is the willingness to see the world as it is and decide that you are going to be part of the solution occupy is less of an org
well some of us knew better than you can there's no messiah going to get elected by this system and deliver hope and change we can believe in so how will the occupy movement that has wisely stayed away from promoting political parties or individual politicians navigate the minefield of the potentially co-opting force that is the presidential election cycle now this year is just going to be nuts we've never seen this much money spent on a political process in the history of the world. and this...
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is it the people who spoke in the election and voted for the president? this issue was foremost in the campaign. the people spoke. the republicans need to listen. in the end, i think that will happen. >> and how critical do you think the debt ceiling question is to any agreement that you're willing to take? >> i think steve rattner was correct. i think we cannot continue to just have it hang over our heads. i think it needs to be resolved as part of these discussions of the fiscal cliff. it cannot simply be allowed to hang there for the next few months. i think they have to be both resolved. i think they will be. >> congressman s sander levin, you very much. >> thanks. >> coming up next, they are suving in iraq and afghanistan and in huge numbers, but without either the pay, benefits or other side benefits of being a combat troop. what do women really want next on "andrea mitchell reports." wasn't my daughter's black bean soup spectacular? [ man thinking ] oh, this gas. those antacids aren't working. oh no, not that, not here! [ male announcer ] antacids
is it the people who spoke in the election and voted for the president? this issue was foremost in the campaign. the people spoke. the republicans need to listen. in the end, i think that will happen. >> and how critical do you think the debt ceiling question is to any agreement that you're willing to take? >> i think steve rattner was correct. i think we cannot continue to just have it hang over our heads. i think it needs to be resolved as part of these discussions of the fiscal...